CHRISNISS

I have a problem with my Escort, when i drive slow i can hear a quite loud clonking noise, its coming from the drivers side front wheel. It seems like its getting louder. Its seems to happen at the same rotation if you no what i mean

Any ideas before i take to a Garage?

dave cos4x4

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front inner cv joint.

check the tri-bearing on the end of the drive shaft under the rubber boot.

if this has gone check your engine mounts too,they seen to go then the bearing goes on the shaft.

CHRISNISS

OK cheers mate

dave cos4x4

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no problem.

CHRISNISS

Are these parts expensive? Are they readily available from fords?

dave cos4x4

iTrader: (5)

you can buy the tri-bearing from Woodford motorsport,about £50 aswell as cv boots etc...

they sell uprated engine munts too.

CHRISNISS

OK cheers, is it dangerous to drive like it? I want to go to trax in my car but wont be able to get the car booked in, in time?

ECOS95

Mine's exactley the same but the passenger side, Doesn't sound good either. I manged to get a complete Drive shaft for £150 off ebay, I've limited driving mine too much until its done as I don't want to do more damage.Let me know if it fixes your problem if you get it done soon.

CHRISNISS

Just went out with a man from the garage, it only happens when going slow, the minute you tap the break it stops

ECOS95

Sounds similar, can you feel it through the car when slowing down ? Mine is fine under load except when turning then you get a louder knock.

CHRISNISS

mine is ok turning, thats what the garage bloke said, he was driving it and said it should do it now and turned sharply into a bend, No noise at all.
We swapped and i drove, i slowed down to 5 mph and you could hear it clonk clonk lol

ECOS95

Don't you hate it when the garage can't get it to fail but when you drive it does. Lol.

Mine varies with speed so must be the CV / drive shaft. Bloody thing.

Seen CV joints on ebay for £50 that say their not refurbs .

Stoo

Mine too has a clonk from the front right at low revs

ECOS95

We should start up our own club Lol.

CHRISNISS

Is it a big job too change these things? I wont be doing it, they looked like they didnt really wanna do it? Its going back tomorrow to get properly looked at and diagnose what it is.

ECOS95

Never done one myself,but had the drivers side complete drive shaft & CV joints replaced & it was an hours labour.

CHRISNISS

Thats ok, just this is'nt a performance garage, just a normal garage

ECOS95

Thats all mine was, nothing special about them on the cossies.

crazy kid 1

haha its not just mine thats done it then,my drivers side front went on the way back from ford fair whilst rolling in traffic i could here it clicking and by the time i was on the m1 it was cloncking had to do 50mph all the way home as i could feel it through steering wheel, checked my wheel nuts as i wasnt sure it could be shaft as it has only done 500mile and i already replaced engine mounts,mind you it does sit on its arse probably to much stres. that was one long drive home

CHRISNISS

Have you sorted it now? What was it?

Aaroncast

IVE AN ESCORT COSSIE-a few years ago( id only had it for a week or so) and it developed a knock /tapping on the drivers side on cornering, i looked at everything possible ------------THEN I NOTICE THE MASSIVE EXHAUST ON THE CAR (LOOKING AT THE TURBO AREA!!!)-I ALSO THOUGHT THAT LOOKS CLOSE THE THE CHASSIS AND THE STEERING KNUCKLE!!!2M ONE SIDE AND 8 MM THE OTHER (YES THE EXHAUST IS BIG!!!) ON CORNERING THE EXHAUST WAS JUST TOUCHING THE CHASSIS ENOUGHT TO GIVE IT A KNOCK-----------REASON!!!!!!TURBO WAS A TAD SLACK ON ITS BOLTS!!!!! AND HAD DROPPPED!!------NOTHING TO TO WITH ENGINE MOUNTS OR DRIVE SHAFTS ETC ETC-----HAVE A LOOK AT YOURS FIRST------------------

NEIL A

iTrader: (6)

Is the car running Ap's i had a similar knocking noise that went away when you tapped the brakes , turned out to be the pad retainer clip has jumped out the little retainer holes alowing the pad to move around.

CHRISNISS

Hi yes i have AP's and when i gently touch the brakes it does seem to go away.

Cheers I'll get them to look at that as well

GUZZLER

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also worth getting the front prop checked.

CHRISNISS

It was the CV joints making the noise, the left is slightly noisy so there gonna change both

ECOS95

did they have to stip it to find out for sure ??

CHRISNISS

No they got under the car with all wheels turning, the noise was defo coming from that area so i hope its right

ECOS95

Ok. Mines not being done for another month yet.

CHRISNISS

Mines in for this thursday 6th , getting a starter motor fitted as well.

ECOS95

Is that both outer joints ?

ian rst

I had a prob like this and it turned out to be a brake pad just needed bleeding through again?

dave cos4x4

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ECOS95

Did you get this fixed ?? What was it in the end ?
Cheers.

R5COS

since you running APs have you checked to see that all the studs holding the bell are tight

CHRISNISS

I'm collecting the car at 8.30am, its been a nightmare, i took it to my local garage for teh CV joints to be changed, they checked and agreed it was the cv joints, to cut a long story short they couldnt get something off and apparently bent the hub assembly. So i rang around RS scrappys to try and get a new hub assembly, £300 later for both sides When the parts arrived i went back to book it in, 3 week wait f that, so i booked it in at torque of the devil, and the hadnt bent the hub assembly it was something else so i spent £300 for nothing, i'll find out more a bit later. Oh yeah the noise was the brake pads

ECOS95

Nightmare mate, its times like that when I wish I was able to do more on my car than trust someone else. Its always the straight forward jobs that seem to throw u a curve ball & stuff doesn't go to plan. Hope u get it sorted.